Improvement in repeating single-barreled fire-arms



D. B. NEAL Muzzle-Loading Fife-Arm.

Patented Feb. 27, 1855.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

IMPROVEMENT lN REPEATINGSINGLE-BARRELED FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 12,440, dated February 27, 1855.

To all whom it may concern]:

Be it known that I, DANIEL B. NEAL, of Mount Gilead, in the county of Morrow and State of Ohio, have invented a new and use- .ful Improvement on the Double-Shooting One- Barrel Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My improvement consists in the arrangement of a rod and lever, by means of which the false hammer, after the front charge is fired, can be instantly thrown forward for firing the back charge (by the finger used on the trigger) while cooking the hammer for that purpose, thus obviating the delay necessarily made in using the old gun with its arrangement, and securing a more rapid succession of shots; also, in the arrangement of the false hammer and the combination of thesame with the elongated hammer for the accomplishment of that purpose.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the barrel of the old double-shooting single-barrel gun, with e and f, its two cones.

B represents a common gun-lock, with C, an elongated hammer.

D represents a false hammer,which is hinged to the barrel in advance of the front cone at m, so as to be swung forward and back easily. The head of this false hammer should be of such a thickness that while it rests on the front cone the hammer C will not touch the back cone.

E represents the lever, which is attached to the barrel at n, so as to play freely, and passes down between the lock and barrel.

F represent a top view of the rod or slide, which is fitted into the stock close to the under side of the barrel, and has a mortise in each end, one at o to receive the tenon of the lever, the other at s to receive the tenon of the trigger G.

Gr represents a common trigger, which is hung under the guard, and is to be used only for throwing the false hammer forward.

The firing of the gun is performed as follows: Two charges being inserted, both cones capped, and the false hammer placed on the front cone, the front charge is fired in the usual manner. After the front charge has been fired, let the finger remain in the guard, and again cock the hammer G with the thumb ,of the hand usedon the trigger. At the same time let the finger press forward against the front trigger, which will throw the false hammer forward, so that the back charge may be instantly fired.

hat I claim, ters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the elongated hammer with the false hammer, arranged as described.

2. The arrangement of the lever E and rod F for throwing the false hammer forward, substantially as set forth.

, I hereby disclaim the original invention of the double-shooting one-barrel fire-arms, and of all and singular the parts and the combination and arrangement of the parts thereof, except the arrangement and combination of the parts merely which I hereinbefore claim.

and desire to secure by Let DANIEL B. NEAL.

Witnesses:

J. W. STINCHCOMB, O. D. ENSIGN. 

